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Led by Greylock, Social App MessageMe Raises $10 Million

MessageMe, the mobile application that offers free text, photo and video messaging between smartphones, announced Tuesday that it had raised a $10 million round led by John Lilly of Greylock Partners — who will join the board of MessageMe makers LittleInc Labs — with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, Social+Capital and others. The company said it currently has more than five million users on its service.

Which Messaging App Is Right for You?

It might seem like there are more mobile messaging apps out there than there are friends to send texts to. Here’s a guide to how they work.
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Verizon Adds iMessage-Like Capabilities to Its Text Messages

Verizon’s new messaging service works with Android phones and tablets and iPads as well as PCs.
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Bradley Manning on WikiLeaks

I first became vaguely aware of the WLO during my AIT at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, although I did not fully pay attention until the WLO released purported Short Messaging System or SMS messages from 11 September 2001 on 25 November 2009. At that time references to the release and the WLO website showed up in my daily Google news open source search for information related to US foreign policy.

Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court statement from his pretrial hearing in Fort Meade, Md., on how he first became aware of WikiLeaks

Just.me App Wants to Be a Switchboard Operator for All Your Messaging Needs

Do you use WhatsApp, Path, Instagram, Evernote, Facebook, Twitter and a billion more apps? Just.me thinks it could just be your one and only.
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Meet the Mobile Media Projects That Just Won $2.4 Million

This just in from the world of news: Mobile matters.
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Facebook Messenger Finds Its Voice

Facebook Messenger, now with voice capabilities, is the company’s key to continued growth.
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Facebook to Launch Its Own Snapchat Competitor App

Imitation, after all, is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Jibe Picks Up $8.3 Million From Vodafone and MTI to Help Build Carrier-Quality Messaging Into Apps

Start-up Jibe hopes to transform video chat from being its own separate program to being a feature within lots of other apps.
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No Account, No Problem: Facebook Messenger Continues War on SMS With Android Update

A new Facebook update for its Messenger app brings texting to Android users without Facebook accounts.
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OMG, the Text Message Turns 20